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mor·bid Listen to audio/ˈmoɚbəd/ adjective
[more morbid; most morbid] 1 : relating to unpleasant subjects (such as death)
She has a morbid interest in funerals. He has a morbid sense of humor. a morbid fascination with death wanting to learn about a celebrity's downfall out of morbid curiosity
2 technical : not healthy or normal
suffering from a morbid condition morbid obesity The child has a morbid fear/horror of snakes.
— mor·bid·ly adverb
She was morbidly fascinated with death. morbidly obese

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